Story by Airman 1st Class Sean Madden | 106th Rescue Wing | 10.14.2018
The 106th Rescue Wing and the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) hosted a boss lift for civilian employers of service members....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Norton | 302nd Airlift Wing | 08.08.2018
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Many Reserve Citizen Airmen must balance military duty, family life and civilian employment. Every year the 302nd Airlift Wing hosts an Employer Appreciation Day to thank civilian employers and share with them some of the mission sets their employees support....
Story by Staff Sgt. Douglas Roles | 28th Infantry Division | 10.16.2017
Pa. Army National Guard soldiers know what it’s like to tell civilian employers they need time off work for training. A recent Boss Lift event at Fort Indiantown Gap gave employers a look at what their civilian-soldiers do when they have to be out of the office or off the factory floor for days or weeks at a time....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer | 182nd Airlift Wing | 03.16.2017
The National Guard Bureau says that success in serving with the Guard is like a three-legged stool made up of the service member, the family and the civilian employer. If one of the legs can’t support the stool, the entire structure could collapse. For Airmen with the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Security Forces Squadron, that support is vital. For one weekend a month, two weeks......
Story by Guv Callahan | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 09.17.2015
Jack Busby has worked at the Dining Facility on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall for about a year, and according to him, it’s the best place he’s ever been employed....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Atkinson | Joint Task Force 136th (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) | 11.19.2014
Service in the Texas Army National Guard may only be “one weekend a month, two weeks a year,” but even those short periods of time can have a big impact on the civilian businesses that employ Guardsmen full-time. Beyond civilian talents, many Guardsmen bring unique skills and perspectives to their workplaces, ranging from a developed attention to detail to a motivation to work until the......
Story by 1st Lt. James Goff | Colorado National Guard | 07.24.2013
The Colorado Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program said a unique “thank you” to employers of Colorado National Guardsmen via a tour of Vigilant Guard exercise sites July 24....
Story by Timothy Hale | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 11.12.2012
Civilian and military officials were on hand to witness the signing of an agreement between Walmart and the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at a ceremony Nov. 12, 2012. Walmart and ESGR conducted six regional signings of the agreement and a national signing of the statement of support at the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark....
